Improvement in paper boxes



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIOE.

GEORGE A. HOUSTON, OF BELOIT, VVISOONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,749, dated July 7,1874; application filed May 20, 1874.

To all whom fit may concern: v

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HOUSTON,

` of Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrels, Oasks, and Packages 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in paper boxes, barrels, casks, and packages.

ln the drawings, Figure l represents the several parts of my invention, separated and removed from each other. Fig. 2A represents said parts united, so as to form my device.

My invention consists in the various parts and combinations, as hereinafter speciiied and claimed, wherein A A are two sheets of flexible material, capable of being glued or cemented together. These sheets are bent or formed into cylinders, one, A,}being sufficiently smaller than the'other, A, to closely iit within it, thcjoints a being placed substantially opposite, or at least` notA in apposition to eachother, so that the two sheets A A, when united, shall form a cylinder without a break or joint. Between the cylinders A A is interposed a thin, tough, flexible fabric, B, which may be of manila paper, cloth, or other suitable fabric. This flexible fabric B is made to continue beyond the rim of the cylinder A, for purposes which will hereinaf-- ter appear. The lesser cylinder A is made shorter than the cylinder A, so that when placed within 4the cylinder A shoulders aref formed, upon which the head O will rest.l The head O is formed of a similar fabric or material as the rest of the barrel, and upon its inner face is attached a sheet of tough iiexible fabric, G', similar to that of fabric B. This fabric is allowed to project beyond the rim of the head O, so as to forma flexible continuation of the head C, for the purposes which will hereinafter appear. D D are wide hoops or cylinders, each of which is half the length of the cylinder A, and is made sufficiently larger than the cylinder A to enable it to lit upon said cylinder A. E the retention of the head C.

To construct my device the various parts, as hereinbefore described, are prepared and united as follows: The cylinders A A', with the interposing iiexible fabric B, are placed, one within the other, as shown iu the drawing, so that the flexible fabric shall project beyond the ends of the cylinder A, and so that the joints ofthe cylinders A A shall not come together. These parts are glued or pasted together, and the iiexible lfabric B is crimped, to permit of its folding over the edges of the cylinder A. The head C, provided with the iiexible rin1,C/, is nour inserted within the cylinder A, so `as to rest upon the shoulder formed bythe cylinder A", and the flexible rim C flattened down upon the outer face of the head. `The hoop E is now placed between the two layers of flexible fabric B and O and the rim or edge of the cylinder. The fabrics B C', after being properly crimped, are bent outward over the hoop E and the ends of the cylinder A, and the smaller hoop F fitted within the cylinder A, and the hoop E and the fabrics B and C above the head C. The two layers offiexible fabricsB C( are now folded together outwardly over the ends of the cylinder A, and the wide hoop or cylinder D is placed over the cylinder A, so as to retain the ends of the flexible fabrics B C between'the hoop D and the cylinder A. The hoops D D, being each made half the length of the cylinder A, when both are placed upon said cylinder A cover it its entire length. The hoop F need not be placed in position until after the hoop D is tted, and before being inserted the faln'icGr, Fig. 2, may be glued or pasted over the rims of the cylinders D D and the flexible fabrics B O', after which the hoop F may beinserted.` This is provided when an extra tight or secure package is desired. A coating Of varnish or any suitable air-tight or water-tight material maynow be painted over the ent-ire package for obvious purposes.

F are hoops for 4. The combination of the cylinders A A', exible ends B, flexible-rimmed head C G, hoops or cylinders D D, and hoops E F, constructed substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I lia-ve hereunto set my hand this 13th day of Mny,1874.

GEORGE A HOUSTON.

Titnesses J. H. FRENCH, E. F. KENDALL. 

